Adley H. Gladden

Adley Hogan Gladden (28 September 1810-12 April 1862) was a Lieutenant-General of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and the commander of the 1st Louisiana Brigade.

Biography
Adley Hogan Gladden was born in the Fairfield district of South Carolina in 1810, and he worked as a cotton broker before serving in the US Army during the war against the Seminoles in Florida and in the Mexican-American War; he was wounded in the assault on Belen Gate in Mexico City, Mexico. On 25 January 1861, he became a militia colonel in the Confederate States Army at the start of the American Civil War, and he commanded a Louisiana brigade, briefly leading the Army of Pensacola from 22 December 1861 to 27 January 1862. On 6 April 1862, he was mortally wounded by a shell fragment at the Battle of Shiloh, dying six days later.